Medhat Stephanos, the head of the cement industry at the FDI, also attended the meeting. He said that in January that the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company had reduced gas supplies to cement facilities by 50 per cent, which resulted cement production reducing by the same percentage.

According to the statement, the attendees discussed ways of addressing the energy challenges, saying that there is a need to “diversify energy sources” and “expand the usage of new and renewable energy."